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tigny, which I went to see, has nothing remarkable ; but it possesses a fine view 

 over a cultivated plain. It is a Gothic structure, very fine, and placed on such 

 a steep bank, upon the borders of the river, that the terrace wall that supports 

 the chateau is above 40 ft. high, and the river which runs underneath is not 

 seen from the apartments. From this there is a long terrace walk, bordered 

 with hornbeam hedges, so thick as to exclude every view. The wood belonging 

 to this noble chateau is also artfully hid by raising a mountain above 20 ft. 

 high. Can any one say this is either gardenesque or picturesque? I visited 

 another chateau, called Courtelaine, belonging to the Due de Montmorency, 

 which is certainly one of the most singular ancient chateaus I have seen ; it 

 is a large Gothic building, so entirely covered, from top to bottom, with ivy, 

 that no part of the wall is seen. The apartments are fine and noble, and the 

 park, which contains above 400 acres, had been mostly laid out by the duke, 

 although he had not formed any vistas, but planted at random. I marked out 

 several changes to be made, which he soon saw and approved. They have, in 

 this part of the country, also very much adopted whin hedges, which they 

 call the Norman or Breton jonc marin, as this is very different from the dwarf 

 species which grows commonly in this part of the country. I saw no new trees 

 or shrubs in this district which were not common about Paris. Most of the 

 Scotch pine, or P. sylvestris, did not seem to produce any good effect ; the 

 Pinus i'trobus seemed to thrive much better, and was very beautiful; the 

 Pinus Larlcio was likewise very fine and straight. The J^bies excel sa, or 

 common spruce fir, is certainly one of the finest trees there ; A. alba and A. 

 nigra, the white and black spruce, although about 30 ft. high, were almost 

 dead; likewise, the Larix did not seem to make a fine tree; the Aildnfus 

 glandulosa was remarkably fine, and of a great size. I saw, also, some Sophdra 

 japonica ; but they were not so fine as those in the garden where I live, and 

 which are now coming into leaf. These two trees, from Japan, are amongst 

 the latest in coming into leaf, and in flowering in this country ; the Aildntiis 

 flowers in July, and the Sojjhora in August ; both produce an agreeable effect 

 in landscape scenery, as there are few other trees in flower at this season. 

 The Admiral TchitchagofF has not returned to Sceaux since you saw him ; and 

 I was informed that all his pines and hot-house plants had been sold, as it was 

 thought he had been ordered to return to Russia. 



I have received your Magazine, and agree with your observations on the 

 introduction of exotics into landscape scenery, and in all your botanical 

 arrangements ; although, sometimes, I must dissent from your ideas. High 

 and fine keeping is certainly a great recommendation to a garden or park, but 

 frequently fine landscapes can be procured with trees less expensive than those 

 you recommend. One of your correspondents calls a fine horsechestnut, a 

 lumpish tree, and says it ought not to be left upon a lawn. I have alwa3's seen 

 this tree produce a most beautiful effect when left to nature, particularly when 

 in blossom. I also approve of the Populus alba, and iS'alix alba seen in a dis- 

 tant view, joined with the ii^laeagnus. I am much inclined to group trees of 

 nearly the same colour of foliage, that the lightness of their shade may prolong 

 the perspective, which should be varied from different parts as much as pos- 

 sible. This I look upon as the greatest art in landscape-gardening, and 1 

 think it ought to be a standing principle. 



As for gravel walks, there may be procured, in some parts of France, toler- 

 ably good gravel : I found some at Bagatelle when I made that place ; and the 

 walks there were as fine as if m.ade with Kensington gravel ; but, after a while, 

 they put river gravel over the v/alks, which they prefer. — Thomas Blaikie. 



GERMANY. 



Munich, Alai/ 30. 1835. — Our new temple in the king's garden at Munich 

 is nearly finished, and will form one of the finest objects in the garden. The 

 temple is of white sandstone, and is designed and erected by the king's archi- 

 tect. Von Klenze, in the purest Grecian style. It is round, and is supported 

 by ten Ionic pillars. Its decorations, according to the manner of the Greek 



